[GRASS-user] libiconv compile error

[Glynn Clements]

Micha Silver wrote:

> I'm trying to compile 6.2.0 on a Centos 4.3 box, and getting a bunch of 
> errors with libiconv:
> 
> 
> /home/micha/download/gis/grass-6.2.0/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libgrass_driver.so: 
> undefined reference to `libiconv_open'
> 
> /home/micha/download/gis/grass-6.2.0/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libgrass_driver.so: 
> undefined reference to `libiconv_close'
> /home/micha/download/gis/grass-6.2.0/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libgrass_driver.so: 
> undefined reference to `libiconv'
> 
> 
> I don't remember having this problem with 6.0 or 6.1, and I've got GRASS 
> 6.2.0 running fine on other  FC5 and FC6 machines.
> 
> 
> I have libiconv in /usr/local/lib:

That's the problem.

If you're using Linux, you should be using the iconv implementation
which is included in GNU libc. Installing a stand-alone iconv library
will result in conflicts with the version in libc.

> Any ideas what I can do to get past this?

Uninstall libiconv.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>